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SYNTHESE
2010
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Informational versus functional theories of scientific representation
Recent work in the philosophy of science has generated an apparent conflict between theories attempting to explicate the nature of scientific representation. On one side, there are...
Anjan Chakravartty
CORR
2004
Springer
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13 years 4 months ago
Shannon Information and Kolmogorov Complexity
The elementary theories of Shannon information and Kolmogorov complexity are cmpared, the extent to which they have a common purpose, and where they are fundamentally different. T...
Peter Grünwald, Paul M. B. Vitányi
CORR
2008
Springer
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13 years 4 months ago
When is there a representer theorem? Vector versus matrix regularizers
We consider a general class of regularization methods which learn a vector of parameters on the basis of linear measurements. It is well known that if the regularizer is a nondecr...
Andreas Argyriou, Charles A. Micchelli, Massimilia...
ALT
2008
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Computational Models of Neural Representations in the Human Brain
Abstract For many centuries scientists have wondered how the human brain represents thoughts in terms of the underlying biology of neural activity. Philosophers, linguists, cogniti...
Tom M. Mitchell
SEMCO
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Applications of Voting Theory to Information Mashups
Blogs, discussion forums and social networking sites are an excellent source for people’s opinions on a wide range of topics. We examine the application of voting theory to “I...
Alfredo Alba, Varun Bhagwan, Julia Grace, Daniel G...